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The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division ("DOJ") recently resolved a criminal case with Teva Pharmaceuticals and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals via deferred prosecution agreements ("DPAs")...

The United States comprises about 4% of the world's population – and houses about 22% of the world's prison population. The U.S. Department of Justice reports that each year approximately

On June 18, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit dismissed a challenge to FINRA pay-to-play Rule 2030 brought by the New York Republican State Committee and the Tennessee Republican Party.

On 8 October 2019, the DOJ issued a memorandum ("Memorandum") providing guidance on how the DOJ's prosecutors will handle inability-to-pay claims from companies, intending to provide companies...

A claim of sexual abuse against a Minnesota teacher details a common pattern of predatory grooming.

•Civil litigation against colleges and universities, arising out of the procedures found in the now-withdrawn "Dear Colleague Letter" issued by the Office of Civil Rights ("OCR") in 2011...

Now we turn to the data for the criminal docket. In outright reversals, respondents averaged more questions than appellants in three of five years between 2016 and 2020 – 2016, 2018 and 2020.

For most of you, it has been a long time since you thought much about criminal law. Do you remember the hypothetical about the murder victim who perished on a desert hike

Generally, the Supreme Court held in Doyle v. Ohio, 426 U.S. 610 (1976) that a Mirandized defendant who elects to remain silent in the face of questioning cannot have that silence used against him at trial, either on the prosecution’s case in chief or via impeachment or rebuttal.

The Department of Justice ("DOJ" or "Department") has continued to make clear that white collar crime is a top priority of its enforcement efforts

The DOJ's Criminal Division Head announced that companies which voluntarily self-disclose and meet certain criteria (e.g., no aggravating circumstances, full cooperation, timely and appropriate remediation) will receive a declination by the Criminal Division.

Join hosts Diana Shaw and Tatiana Sainati as they delve into the gripping tale of Operation Car Wash, one of the largest corruption scandals in history.

Human trafficking is a significant problem nationwide and in Massachusetts. Attorneys representing victims of human trafficking face considerable challenges navigating the multitude of legal issues faced by victims of this crime.

On Tuesday, former security director for the Multistate Lottery Association (MLA) Eddie Tipton, was given the maximum sentence – 25 years.

Yesterday, Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Clean Slate Act (S.7551A/A.1029C), which will automatically seal some criminal convictions after a certain passage of time from either imposition of sentence...

In a short per curiam opinion in United States v. Lobo (Parker, Hall, Lohier), the Second Circuit affirmed the imposition of a Guidelines enhancement based on the importation of a controlled substance into the United States.

While much of the jurisprudence addressing the admissibility of out-of-court statements in criminal cases turns on abstract notions of the meaning of the Sixth Amendment’s Confrontation Clause (see a recent example here), defense counsel can sometimes block or successfully appeal the admission of testimony simply because the applicable rules of evidence bar its admission, without reaching questions of constitutional import.

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee (BCBST) has agreed to pay $1.5 million to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and enter into a Corrective Action Plan (CAP) to settle alleged violations of the HIPAA privacy and security regulations.